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Week 3 Review
My goal this week was to pray specifically about my reasons for wanting to homeschool. I’ve been praying about these reasons and doing a bit of Scripture study to see what God’s word says about them. These are the 4 reasons I want to homeschool and my thoughts after this week of prayer and study.
Category: Focused Prayer
Wanting What Is Best
I’ve been praying and thinking about my reasons for wanting to homeschool. I realized they all come down to loving my son and wanting what’s best for him. Of course most, if not all, parents love their children and want what’s best for them. And most do the best they can to give their children
Category: Focused Prayer
Week 2 Review
This second week my goal was to pray from Scripture rather than relying on my own words. I want to make sure I’m focused on God’s word as I bring my desire to homeschool before Him. I didn’t spend as much time in prayer and Scripture as I planned. Twice I did spend some time
Category: Focused Prayer
Top 4 Reasons for Wanting to Homeschool
I’m writing this list mainly to clarify my own thinking about homeschool. I’m hoping this will help me identify the root of my desire so that I can focus my prayers even more and be open to whatever God has planned for us. A love of learning. As a normal toddler my son loves to
Category: Focused Prayer
The Wonder of Waiting
On Sunday, this second week of Advent, our paster preached about the story of Zechariah in Luke 1. He and his wife Elizabeth longed for a child but did not have any because Elizabeth was barren. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah and told him they would have a son and would name
Category: Focused Prayer
Week 1 Review
This first week I’ve prayed each day about homeschooling my son, telling God about my desires and praying that God would change my heart if it was not his will for us. At this point my desire to homeschool has not changed. In fact, I think I feel even more strongly about it. My son
Category: Focused Prayer
Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands
My son and I read the story of Abraham and Sarah this morning as part of Advent. Perhaps because I share Sarah’s name I’ve thought about her life quite a bit. Sarah is someone I can relate to. Sarah (still named Sarai at the time) desired a baby and after waiting many long years she
Category: Focused Prayer
What to do When Your Plan Doesn’t Work Out
This morning I decided rather last minute to try keeping my son at home with me during a morning meeting. It was a disaster. We both slept in later than usual so we were running a bit behind schedule. I have a daily check-in meeting at 9:30am that lasts about 15 minutes so I thought
Category: Focused Prayer
28 Days of Focused Prayer
For the month of December my 28 day experiment will be focused prayer. Specifically, I will be praying about my desire to homeschool my son while working full-time. “Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires
Category: Focused Prayer
Week 4 Review
This fourth and final week of Sabbath rest my goal was to pray each day. I have been praying each morning, usually as soon as I wake up before getting out of bed. When I started this experiment I didn’t know exactly what it would look like. I only knew that trusting and resting in God
Category: Sabbath Rest